How has this change effected us and why?

I think it is very cool that games are becoming handheld. The other day I saw an advertisement for a Nintendo portable gaming system that comes with two controllers and a mall screen. I was beyond ecstatic and wanted to purchase it for myself even though I don’t play games as much as I did as a kid. After reading the articles something really important stood out to me from the article by Keith Stuart and Jordan Webber “families are spending more time together in the living room, with a reduction in the number of children with TVs in their rooms.” This is so important because those are the memories I remember as a kid playing video games with my older brother who recently passed away. Making games portable may cause kids to become anti-social as we already see it happening today in society where kids don’t go outside anymore and play with their friends; they just sit in front of a computer or TV playing games. We still need to monitor what games kids are playing and how much time they spend playing because it can cause health issues.